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Guide to free eresources

Access a list of free eresources selected by our experts, including websites, full text databases, abstracting and indexing databases and other reference sources

Preprint services

arXiv 

A repository of preprints which undergo a moderation process. It was launched in 1991 and currently provides free access to around 1.7 million scholarly articles across the sciences. 

biorXiv 

A preprint server for unpublished papers in biology. Papers undergo a basic screening for non-scientific or plagiarised content before being made available. Currently around 70,000 papers available online.